Pharmaceutical Name:

Flos Farfarae

Botanical Name:

Tussilago farfara L.

Common Name:

Coltsfoot flower
Tussilago

Source of Earliest Record:

Shennong Bencao Jing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

After the plant begins to flower before winter, the flower buds are gathered and dried in the shade.

Properties and Taste:

Pungent and warm

Meridian:

Lung

Functions:

To moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm
To stop cough

Indications and Combinations:

Cough. 

*Use with Aster root (Ziwan). It is more powerful  than Aster root (Ziwan) in stopping cough and resolving phlegm.

Dosage:

5-10 g